Free and Discounted Historical Fiction on Kindle

Historical fiction books are novels that are set in specific points in history, typically featuring characters of the author’s own imagination. These compelling stories weave together true historical facts with unique insights from the perspective of the fictional characters, making you see past events in an entirely different light.

Lost Child

Jean Dunstan

A spellbinding tale of female strength and perseverance! On October 27, 2015, a newborn baby was abandoned in a New York Orphanage. Never adopted, she was sent on an Orphan train to the Midwest. Follow her adventures as she struggles to survive in a frightening new world and build her life. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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West From Here

William Brown

West From Here is a timeless story of courage, honor, and manifesting one’s destiny. Based on real history, this novel is historical fiction at its finest and most authentic. In West From Here, author Bill Brown explores a defining time in US history, exploring grand themes at a deeply personal level as Elias finds himself ... Read more

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Fabyan Place: Surviving Nazi Captivity

Peter Angus

The Color of War: racism and survival in Nazi captivity During WWII, Sonny and John, two mixed-race Allied soldiers have managed to keep their ethnicity hidden since they enlisted. One is captured by the Germans in Belgium, the other in Italy. If this secret is discovered during their imprisonment, the Nazis will execute them instantly. ... Read more

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Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon

Melanie Karsak

From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Karsak, escape to ancient Scandinavia in this gripping retelling of the Norse Hervarar Saga. Hervor was born unloved, unwanted. Her family whispered that she was cursed, but the gods had plans for this shield-maiden. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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West From Here

William Brown

Elias James is looking to find his place in the world, regain his family’s honor, and earn the respect of his stern and demanding father—and he has just the plan to accomplish all three. Years ago, Creek Indians stole a precious heirloom entrusted to Elias’s father. If Elias can venture to the Creek Nation and ... Read more

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Journeys: The Archers of Saint Sebastian

Jeanne Roland

15-year-old Marieke is as obsessed with the archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian as everyone else in Ardennes. Here twelve of the best and most beautiful young Journeyman archers compete every year for a coveted spot on the prince’s bodyguard. But when Marieke flees to the guild for refuge, there are only two things she really ... Read more

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A Stream to Follow

Jess Wright

When WWII ends, Bruce Duncan, a battlefront surgeon, returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania with plans of opening a general practice, fly fishing in his spare time, and forgetting the past. But the ravages of his war aren’t over. Haunted by images of soldiers he tried to save, his own near-death experiences, and ... Read more

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The Munich Grl

Phyllis Edgerly Ring

What family secrets is a portrait of Eva Braun hiding? Fifty years after WW2, Anna is plunged into the treacherous world of the Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante – and Hitler’s lover – and uncovers a tangled web of long-buried family secrets. “Historical fiction that reads like memoir.” Philadelphia Inquirer $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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LINCOLN’S LAWMAN

A.M. VAN DORN

THE CIVIL WAR IS LONG OVER LEAVING IN ITS WAKE THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR BELONGING TO THE AGES, BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN THE MAN THEY CALL LINCOLN’S LAWMAN. The vanguard of a new breed of marshals envisioned by the slain president, the formidable Nash Riker upholds his sworn duty on America’s newest battlefield, the ... Read more

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WILDE’ S WOMEN

A. M. VAN DORN

SIX CHILDREN…FIVE RACES…ONE MAN’S EPIC TALE OF TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY In a saga ranging far and wide from the lush Hudson River Valley to the shadowy recesses of the Antebellum South, as well as the distant shores of an uncharted and hostile desert isle off the coast of China and just about anywhere in between, ... Read more

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The Buffalo Cabin

Kari August

From the author of the award-winning The Cabin at Jackson Hole . . . Ambitious and sophisticated William Winthrop has quit Boston to enter frontier politics in the new state of Wyoming, where opportunities abound. There, William meets Blaine Wallace, a fiery and independent suffragette, living near the town of Buffalo, who he believes is ... Read more

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It Happened in Silence

Karla M Jay

An inspiring story of injustice and family loyalty set in turbulent 1920s Georgia. A mute girl leaves her Appalachian homestead to find her brother. Soon they both run afoul of the unjust laws of the time and soon are embroiled in scandals involving the women of the KKK, and baby farming. How will they escape? ... Read more

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The Tide Between Us

Olive Collins

1821 – A cargo of Irish children is deported to the cane fields of Jamaica: 1991 – Their story is uncovered: “The award-winning bestselling novel brings history to life in this mesmerizing epic” The Post $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation

Alice McVeigh

“Pitch-perfect” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. An ingenious “take on Jane Austen’s immortal EMMA. Gold medal winner in Global Book Awards, Editors Pick (“outstanding”) on Publishers Weekly, Finalist in International Book Awards.  $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Last Dollar Princess

Linda Pennell

Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time. Although her relatives are obsessed with social position and the opinions of others, heiress India Elisabeth Petra De Vries Ledbetter is determined to live life by her own terms, family expectations and society’s demands ... Read more

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Free: Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian

Jeanne Roland

15-year-old Marieke disguises herself at the all-male archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian, the place she suspects houses her father’s brutal killers. Soon she’s vowing to help the most handsome young Journeyman in the place win the annual guild trials, without ever letting him discover her secrets. Robin Hood meets Mulan and Princess Bride in this ... Read more

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The Julia Street Series

Tina Jones Williams

A segregated train ride is only the beginning. The Julia Street Series, including the prequel All’s Well That Ends, is an intimate view into the lives of Sara Jameson and family. Join them in 1943 as they make the move from the Southside of Chicago to Berkeley, California. Take a peek into an all-Black neighborhood ... Read more

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Storykeeper

Daniel Smith

The struggles of a culture to survive, and the importance storytelling has always played in that effort frames this historical novel. “Storykeeper.” is an epic adventure, based on three surviving 16th century journals written during the expedition of Hernando de Soto, but it is told from the perspective of the ancient people of the Mississippi ... Read more

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Savannah On Fire-1820

Henry C. Duggan,III

Historic and charming Savannah, Georgia, is the setting for the actual 1820 fire that burned almost half the town, leaving it charred and dazed. An arson investigator is hired by the city to seek the cause and the fire starters. Though faced by multiple trials-a kidnaping, a duel and a villainous attempted drowning- he is ... Read more

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Aden’s Chance : An Alternate History, War of 1812, American Military Time Travel Novel (Pale Rider Alternative History Book 4)

Michael Roberts

Jack Reacher meets The Patriot in this exhilarating time travel alternate history series! After rescuing the Americans from the clutches of the British by traveling back in time to save the American Revolution, Thomas Nelson believes he can rest and enjoy his new 18th-century life with his wife, family, and new business. But history only ... Read more

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Storykeeper

Daniel Smith

The struggles of a culture to survive, and the importance storytelling has always played in that effort frames the historical novel, “Storykeeper.” It is an epic adventure, based on three surviving Spanish journals written during the expedition of Hernando de Soto, but it is told from the perspective of the ancient people of the Mississippi ... Read more

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Free: Charani’s Gift

Robert Nolin

At the dawn of modern psychiatry, two doctors encounter an astonishing young woman who will change medical history in this powerful novel of a time when the self was still a mystery, and magic was real. Based on real events, Charani’s Gift is the story of one remarkable young woman’s inner strength, reimagining the western ... Read more

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The Other Margaret Beaufort

J.P. Reedman

In 15th century England, there are two cousins, both the daughters of dukes, both widowed young, both the mother of sons called Henry. Both are named Margaret Beaufort. One Margaret’s son will be a future King. The other one’s son will be an infamous rebel. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: No Man’s Land

Francis Shaw

A local hero branded a coward. A community ravished by war. A nation mourns the many fallen without graves at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. One night, as a full moon illuminated a battlefield and the sound of shells pounding the muddy waterlogged earth slowly faded, I saw a man moving in the shadows ... Read more

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Modern Women: breaking the mould

Patsy Trench

  Modern Women: breaking the mould is a series of four novels set in the past about women who confounded the restrictions the society of the day imposed on them. Set in the Roaring Twenties and Edwardian Britain (in that order), each book features a different female protagonist: from straitlaced Claudia, who discovers there is ... Read more

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The Twelve Doors

Vicente Raga

In the 14th century, three children discover an ancient and astonishing Jew secret. Nowadays, a famous historian and her mysterious friend must solve it. A truly great enigma, based on real facts. #3 instant bestseller on Amazon. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Gurzil: The Wars of Wrath Book One

I Anonymous

  AGAINST THIS DARKNESS, TWO HEROES WILL RISE. THEY COME FROM WORLDS APART. BOUND TOGETHER BY MAGIC AND CURSED BY FATE. FOR THIS HAS BEEN FORETOLD. AND THIS WILL COME TO PASS. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Catching Currents

Kari August

“Historical fiction at its very best . . . lots of laughs to go along with it.” Amazon Reviewer Unexpected attractions develop when Sally and her brother Will from sophisticated Boston encounter adventurous Caroline and her brother Teddie from the rugged Colorado frontier. But their courtships are soon ended as they find themselves pulled apart ... Read more

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A Stream to Follow

Dr. Jess Wright

When WWII ends, Bruce Duncan, a battlefront surgeon, returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania with plans of opening a general practice, fly fishing in his spare time, and forgetting the past. But the ravages of his war aren’t over. Haunted by images of soldiers he tried to save, his own near-death experiences, and ... Read more

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Free: Lost Child

Jean Dunstan

A spellbinding tale of female strength and perseverance! On October 27, 2015, a newborn baby was abandoned in a New York Orphanage. Never adopted, she was sent on an Orphan train to the Midwest. Follow her adventures as she struggles to survive in a frightening new world and build her life. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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HEIMAT

Paul Marzell

Heimat is an epic story of emigrants leaving post-WWI Germany in 1929 for America, intending to return someday to Neisse, their Heimat, as successful American citizens. Before leaving Germany, one emigrant’s plan began unraveling in Berlin’s Bahnhof, where he saved the life of an American diplomat. His heroism created a friendship with the diplomat and ... Read more

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The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor

Betsy Withycombe

In a small 18th century American village, where the streams ran cool and clean, the soil was loamy, and the people prospered, repeated attempts to end the pregnancy of a prominent young woman resulted in her gruesome death. The Murder of Sarah Grosvenor is a compelling work of historical fiction which revisits those shocking days ... Read more

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The Flight of the Veil

Bruce Berger

In the intelligent historical novel The Flight of the Veil, a psychiatrist returns to places that were treacherous in his childhood, reconciling internal contradictions. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Bridge to Freedom

Tina Jones Williams

  A lot can happen in ten days. For ten days, take a peek into the lives of Violet, a domestic worker and her husband Everett a Pullman porter as they face the challenges of the times. Take a peek as they navigate a world where they must balance the demands of those whose expectations ... Read more

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Free: Charani’s Gift

Robert Nolin

At the dawn of modern psychiatry, two doctors encounter an astonishing young woman who will change medical history in this powerful novel of a time when the self was still a mystery, and magic was real. Based on real events, Charani’s Gift is the story of one remarkable young woman’s inner strength, reimagining the western ... Read more

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Passage on a Bridge

William Cheevers

It is 1935. Jim Hoffman, 19 years old with no future, leaves his hometown to ride the rails into the heart of hard times. Jim’s journey with a prep school dropout and a Texas panhandle Irishman sets in motion an odyssey of self-discovery and enduring friendship. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Triumph and Treasure: A Scottish Regency (Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 1)

Collette Cameron

She was a means to an end…he wasn’t supposed to ever love her. He lived an idyllic life…One day, Flynn, Earl of Luxmoore, was a wealthy, carefree lord, courting the woman he intended to wed. And the next day, he’s stripped of all but his title and left with no means to care for his ... Read more

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The Druid

Steven A. McKay

The start of a thrilling historical adventure series, The Druid is perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, and Griff Hosker. With his war-dogs by his side Bellicus of Dun Breatann must hunt down the men who abducted Princess Catia before their bloody plans can be completed… “Dark age adventure at its gripping best.” ... Read more

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Free: Lost Child

Jean L Dunstan

A spellbinding tale of abandonment, rejection, and survival. A baby girl abandoned at birth was raised in an orphanage and sent to the mid-west on an orphan train. Placed out as a farm laborer, she fought for survival in a lonely, abusive environment. How did she survive? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The White Cockade

Mark James Miller

The White Cockade is the story of the early days of the American Revolution and of the men and women caught up in it: Josiah, who doesn’t want war but can’t escape it. Hugo, once Josiah’s best friend but now his bitter enemy. Mercy, who dreams of marrying Josiah. Walter, eager to fight the British. ... Read more

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